Santa Ana Northeast comes up short against Tustin Eastern

The Major Northeast Santa Ana Little League team lost, 12-0, against the Tustin Eastern Little League team in the District 30 all-star Major Little League tournament.

It was a rough outing for Santa Ana as the game was called in the fourth inning due to the 10 run rule at the South Sunrise Little League Park last Saturday.

The team, however, will get a second opportunity to play in the championship game. Santa Ana will play the winner of Tustin Western and South Sunrise on Friday. The winner of that contest will play against Tustin Eastern on Sunday for the opportunity to advance to the subdivision tournament.

Santa Ana starter Eduardo Ojeda couldn't get out of the first inning, lasting 2/3 of an inning, allowing five runs. Adrian Gonzalez came in to get the third out in the first, momentarily stopping the Tustin hitting barrage. However, Gonzalez also struggled going 1 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs. Donovan Orozco stopped the bleeding, pitching a solid third inning.

Sergio Sandoval, Eduardo De La Torre and Kevin Scott Leonard contributed for the teams three hits.

"Our pitching was off and it was not what we were expecting," Santa Ana coach, Dwayne Angebrandt said. "Our pitchers seemed to miss the plate, (Ojeda) was hitting his spots in practice, but once the game started he started missing his spots.

"The kids were having a good time and that is obviously why we are out here," he said. "We want to be able to come out and be able to beat these guys next time."